First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at 1683 Fifth Street in Atwater, CA 95301. It is one of 33 churches in Atwater, and one of 5 Baptist congregations in the city.

1683 Fifth Street, Atwater, CA, 95301

Phone: (209) 358-3545 · Website: https://www.fbcatwater.com/

First Baptist Church is part of the Baptist family of churches in The American Church Story. 2,843 congregations of the Baptist family gather across California — 71,418 across the United States on The Church Map.

Baptists pressed harder than anyone for religious liberty in America, and the freedom every other congregation on this map enjoys is partly what they won. They have carried believers' baptism and the priesthood of every believer to more of the world than almost anyone — and the Black Baptist church has repeatedly been the conscience of the whole nation.

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The community around First Baptist Church

Within a few blocks of these doors, more than 4 in 10 the children here are growing up below the poverty line. About a third describe their own health as fair or poor, and about a third of households aren't sure there will be enough to eat. That is two thousand neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.

Pray for the households stretched past their means, and for this church to know their names.

  • Child Poverty: 47.6% (30.1–65.0%)
  • Fair/Poor Health Status: 31.4%
  • Food Insecurity: 30.9%
  • Social Isolation: 39.9%
  • Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 30.6%
  • Housing Insecurity: 24.6%
  • Poverty Rate: 24.4% (15.1–33.8%)
  • Uninsured Adults 18-64: 19.6%
  • Transportation Barriers: 15.0%
  • Diabetes: 13.8%
  • Utility Shutoff Threat: 12.9%
  • Unemployment: 7.7% (3.8–11.6%)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 3 census tracts near this church.

Atwater city is served by 22 churches — about one congregation for every 1,363 residents.

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